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U of Tennessee research finds link between alcohol use and domestic violence
Alcohol use is more likely ...
Read the releaseFragmented sleep accelerates cancer growth
Poor-quality sleep marked by frequent awakenings can speed cancer growth, increase tumor aggressiveness and dampen the immune system's ability to control ...
Read the releaseMigrants' children as well integrated as Swedes' children
"You can't compare apples and oranges. For the most part, children whose parents immigrated to Sweden in the 1960s and 1970s have a working-class background, while the children of the majority population ...
Read the releaseBrain biomarker shows promise in heart
A biomarker widely used to diagnose brain injury has shown early promise ...
Read the releaseA silk coat for diamonds makes sleek new imaging and drug delivery tool
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27—Silk and diamonds aren't just for ties and jewelry anymore. They're ingredients for a new kind of tiny glowing particle that could provide doctors and researchers with a novel technique ...
Read the release'Element of surprise' explains why motorcycles are a greater traffic hazard than cars
"I didn't see it, because I wasn't expecting it there," might be the more accurate ...
Read the releaseGenomics for judges: Educating Illinois judges on how genetic info impacts court decisions
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 27-Jan-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Nicholas Vasi nvasi@illinois.edu Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Genomics for judges: Educating Illinois judges on how genetic info impacts court decisions New seminar prepares judges to deal with legal questions involving DNA sequencing, analysis, and related technologies in the courts today ...
Read the releaseEarly tumor response from stereotactic radiosurgery predicts outcome
The response of a patient with metastatic brain tumors to treatment with stereotactic radiosurgery in the first six-to-twelve weeks can indicate whether follow-up treatments ...
Read the releaseSwiss cheese crystal, or high-tech sponge?
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The sponges of the future will do more than clean house. Picture this, for example: Doctors use a tiny ...
Read the releaseResearchers tune in to protein pairs
Rice University scientists have created a way to interpret interactions among pairs of task-oriented proteins that relay signals. The goal is to learn how the proteins ...
Read the releaseCommon crop pesticides kill honeybee larvae in the hive
Four pesticides commonly used on crops to kill insects and fungi also kill honeybee larvae within their hives, according to Penn State and University of Florida researchers. The team also found that N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone ...
Read the releaseDo brain connections help shape religious beliefs?
New Rochelle, NY, January 27, 2014—Building on previous evidence showing that religious belief involves cognitive activity that can be mapped to specific brain regions, a new study has ...
Read the releaseNIH grantees develop way to make old antibiotic work against TB
WHAT: Scientists supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the ...
Read the releasePut a plastic bag in your tank
Researchers in India have developed a relatively low-temperature process to convert certain kinds of plastic waste into liquid fuel as a way to re-use discarded plastic bags and other products. They ...
Read the releaseResearchers find changes to protein SirT1
Researchers find changes to protein SirT1 can prevent excess metabolic stress associated with obesity, diabetes and aging. Studies ...
Read the releaseExpanding our view of vision
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Every time you open your eyes, visual information flows into your brain, which interprets what you're seeing. Now, for the first time, MIT neuroscientists have noninvasively mapped this flow of information ...
Read the releaseNipping diabetes in the blood
An estimated 25.8 million Americans have diabetes. Another 79 million are thought to have "prediabetes," meaning they are at ...
Read the releaseQuality of white matter in the brain is crucial for adding and multiplying
A new study led by Professor Bert De Smedt (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven) ...
Read the releaseA natural sugar delivers DNA aptamer drug inside tumor cells
New Rochelle, NY, January 27, 2014—Drugs comprised of single strands of DNA, called aptamers, can bind to targets inside tumor cells causing cell death. But these DNA ...
Read the releaseSolving a 30-year-old problem in massive star formation
An international group of astrophysicists has found evidence strongly supporting a solution to a long-standing puzzle about the birth of some of the most massive stars in the universe. Young massive ...
Read the releaseSuccessful regeneration of human skeletal muscle in mice
Baltimore, Md. (January 27, 2014) – Researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute recently announced study findings showing ...
Read the releaseGood outcomes with staged surgery for epilepsy in children
Philadelphia, Pa. (January 27, 2014) – A staged approach to epilepsy surgery—with invasive brain monitoring ...
Read the releaseMayo Clinic study finds standardized protocol and surgery improve mortality outcomes
MANKATO, Minn. — Jan. 27, 2014 — For patients who have experienced a large stroke that ...
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